cause+to+wither

  • 21blight — /blaɪt / (say bluyt) noun 1. a widespread and destructive plant disease, such as pome fruit blight or tomato blight. 2. any cause of destruction, ruin, or frustration. 3. → sandy blight. –verb (t) 4. to cause to wither or decay; blast. 5. to… …

  • 22Blast — Blast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23Blasted — Blast Blast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Blasting — Blast Blast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Fade — Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [1913 Webster] No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Moraine — Mo*raine , n. [F. Cf. Prov. G. mur stones broken off, It. mora a heap of stones, hillock, G. m[ u]rbe soft, broken up, OHG. muruwi, AS. mearu tender, Gr. ? to cause to wither, Skr. ml[=a] to relax.] (Geol.) An accumulation of earth and stones… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Welk — Welk, v. t. [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to wither; to wilt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Mot thy welked neck be to broke [broken]. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To contract; to shorten. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Now sad winter welked hath the day. Spenser.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28fordwine — v. n. == dwindle away. Pilate, 215. AS. fordwinan v. a. == cause to wither; part. ‘fordwinnen.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 29blight — blaɪt n. disease, plague, scourge; affliction, destruction v. destroy, ruin; cause to wither and die (of a plant) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30blighted — blaɪt n. disease, plague, scourge; affliction, destruction v. destroy, ruin; cause to wither and die (of a plant) …

    English contemporary dictionary